I am specifically using Ubuntu, but it does not matter as long as you have the xinput tool installed.
At the command-line, run xinput --list
to list all of your HID devices:
$ xinput --list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad id=13 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ eGalax Inc. eGalaxTouch EXC7910-1026-13.00.00 id=10 [slave pointer (2)] ⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)] ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Sleep Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Lenovo EasyCamera id=9 [slave keyboard (3)] ↳ Ideapad extra buttons id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
Identify the ID of the one that corresponds to your screen. Disable it:
$ sudo xinput disable 10 [sudo] password for dustin:
To make the change permanent, add the second command to a script in /etc/X11/Xsession.d
(e.g. “98disablexinput”):
#!/usr/bin/bash xinput disable 10